Mr. Obama's Adopted Hometown and His Ancestral Homeland

"The situation in Kenya on the eve of their national constitutional referendum is reminiscent of Chicago’s dirty politics at its worst," suggests Joseph Meaney — Chicago-Style Politics in Kenya. "Abortion was inserted into the draft constitution by backroom maneuvers," the author explains. "When pro-lifers raised the alarm, the highest Kenyan government officials tried to sow confusion by publicly denying that abortion’s legality would change."